The Scientific Method

How do scientists do what they do? Well, YOU know because you're a scientist, too! Observation is an important part-in fact it's the part at the very start. For it's observation that causes you to wonder why earthworms do what they do and clouds form in the sky. Your hypothesis is a "best guess" based on what you know about how things work--now you're ready to go! Experimentation lets you test the hypothesis you've made-to see if your best guess can make the grade. And because variation is found in nature everywhere, repeated trials should be done, and done with care. And don't forget to decide what variables you'll test. You change the independent variables, but not the rest. Recording your data is very important, too; so you can analyze the results and others can repeat what you ccccdo. When you've summarized your results and your experiment is ccccdone, you'll have more information about nature and you'll have had ccccsome fun. So, now you know that the scientific method is really cool, and that scientists don't just measure--they RULE!